The all-you-can-possibly-want ESP8266 dev board

All-in-one ESP8266 module

I did a very simple 5-minute example project with this board. The video will be available shortly.
The video is available here now!

Overview

The somewhat unwieldly name "Wemos® D1 Esp-Wroom-02 Motherboard ESP8266 Mini-WiFi NodeMCU Module ESP 8266+18650 Battery+0.96 OLED" betrays a very complete ESP8266 development module, that boasts a load of features:

• USB2Serial bridge (Silicon Labs CP210x USB to UART Bridge)
  If your PC does not automatically detect the driver, you find it here.
• Power switch
• LiIon charge circuit
• 18650 battery holder
  Beware: the holder is too short for my favourite protected 18650 cells. These INR cells should fit instead.
• "Wemos" labelled ESP-12F ESP8266 module. It does not look like a WROOM-02, though.
• SSD1306 OLED display
• 4-way + push "joystick"

Bells and whistles

The Wemos product page does not list a module like that, so it might not be their product at all.
The advertised product name:
Wemos D1 Esp-Wroom-02 Motherboard ESP8266 Mini-WiFi NodeMCU Module ESP 8266+18650 Battery+0.96 OLED does not really fit in quite a few respects.
Leave a note in the comments, if you know more about that.

OLED details

The OLD display is white-ish in colour. It works with the usual SSD1306 library. The protocol is I2C.

No surprises here.

The PIN assignment is:

• SDA=GPIO 5
• SCL=GPIO 4 

The I2C Address ist 0x3c, as it is common for these modules.

4-way switch

To interact with the module, this is super handy.
The Pin assignment is:

• UP = GPIO 12  (=D6)
• DOWN = GPIO 13 (=D7)
• LEFT = GPIO 0 (=D3, FLASH)
• RIGHT = RESET (!)
• SELECT = GPIO 14 (=D5)

The RIGHT pin is a bit of a questionable choice. Then again the module does not have a dedicated reset button.

Caveats

I could not get the module to power up without a battery inserted.
People have reported that some components heat up when charging the batteries. I haven't noticed that yet.

IDE selection

I use the Arduino IDE on Windows whenever possible and the bare bones Espressif build environment on Linux whenever necessary.

• Set-up of the Arduino IDE for ESP8266 ist >>here<<
• For the Linux build environment, see >>here<<

In the Arduino IDE, I used "WeMos D1" as board type. and 4M (3M SPIFFS) for this module and did not have any issues with it.

UPDATE 2022:

The module does not seem to be available any more. This might be a suitable replacement. Although I don't have one at this time.